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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 779 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 

1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 8, 2011 

Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally 

significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American 

Battlefield Protection Program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Battlefield 

5 Protection Program Amendments Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND WAR OF 1812 AMERICAN 

2 BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION. 

3 Section 7301(c) of the Omnibus Public Land Man4 agement Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 469k–1(c)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) BATTLEFIELD REPORT.—The term 

9 ‘battlefield report’ means, collectively— 

10 ‘‘(i) the report entitled ‘Report on the 

11 Nation’s Civil War Battlefields’, prepared 

12 by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commis13 sion, and dated July 1993; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the report entitled ‘Report to 

15 Congress on the Historic Preservation of 

16 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites 

17 in the United States’, prepared by the Na18 tional Park Service, and dated September 

19 2007.’’; and 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

21 ‘‘Battlefield Report’’ and inserting ‘‘battlefield 

22 report’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘eligible sites 

24 or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’; 

25 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

26 site or’’ after ‘‘acquire’’; 


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1 (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘an eligible 

2 site or’’ after ‘‘acquiring’’; 

3 (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘An’’ and in4 serting ‘‘An eligible site or an’’; 

5 (6) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para6 graph (8); 

7 (7) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(6) WILLING SELLERS.—Acquisition of land 

10 or interests in land under this subsection shall be 

11 from willing sellers only. 

12 ‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 

13 date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 

14 shall submit to Congress a report describing the ac15 tivities carried out under this subsection, including 

16 a description of— 

17 ‘‘(A) preservation activities carried out at 

18 the battlefields and associated sites identified in 

19 the battlefield report during the period between 

20 publication of the battlefield report and the re21 port required under this paragraph; 

22 ‘‘(B) changes in the condition of the bat23 tlefields and associated sites during the period 

24 described in subparagraph (A); and 


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1 ‘‘(C) any other relevant developments re2 lating to the battlefields and associated sites 

3 during the period described in subparagraph 

4 (A).’’; and 

5 (8) by striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated 

6 by paragraph (6)) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec9 retary to provide grants under this subsection for 

10 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2022— 

11 ‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for the protection of 

12 Civil War battlefields; and 

13 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for the protection of 

14 Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battle15 fields.’’. 

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